The Cost of Living in Santiago

Over my time here in Chile I’ve come across plenty of people that are surprised by the cost of living in Santiago. Some of them naively assumed that living in South America is cheap, or they are basing their ideas on having lived in other countries. The reality is that Santiago is an expensive city […]

Exploring Santiago and Maintaining a Social Life While Teaching

I don’t know about other people, but for me it is really easy to get wrapped up in my work and to neglect my social life.  I’ve been making a conscious effort to work on this, and it has been going pretty well. Near the beginning of the year I took a day trip to […]

English Teaching Workshop One Was a Success!

So yesterday was my first ever paid workshop, and it went really well. The participants were very engaged, and there were lots of laughs as we went through the strategies. We brought together teaching and cultural experience from the States, Chile, and Australia, and it was interesting talking about the strategies and how they can […]